People respond to financial incentives. Physicians are no exception to this basic rule of human nature. According to Merrit Hawkin’s salary survey, the average compensation for a family general practitioner in 2011 was $178,000. For that same year, the average… [read]

In the United States the cost of treating cancer has doubled within the last 20 years. But according to a new study, the rising cost of cancer treatments is not the reason. The study shows that cancer accounts for only… [read]